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Henderson officials say despite six-figure buyout, city still will save in long run
Las Vegas Sun ^ | Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 | 2 a.m. | By Aida Ahmed

Posted on 02/25/2012 7:04:17 PM PST by redreno

Despite being criticized for a potential payout of more than $200,000 to retiring Henderson Police Chief Jutta Chambers through the city’s Voluntary Employee Severance Program, city officials remain steadfast employee buyouts will result in savings for the city in the long run.

“The main objective of the VESP is to have employees take that buyout and then not fill those positions,” said Mayor Andy Hafen. “We realize that that’s not going to happen in every single case. In the case of Chief Chambers, obviously the only cost benefit that we might get is that the next chief may not be as high a salary as what the outgoing chief is making at this point.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: corruption; fraud; govtabuse; nevada; publicunion

1 posted on 02/25/2012 7:04:25 PM PST by redreno
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To: redreno

I’ll do the job for $199,000 per year.


2 posted on 02/25/2012 10:58:32 PM PST by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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